Analyst Report

Charting a Course to Secure the AI Era
A Guide for MSPs

AI is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape faster than most organizations can keep up. For MSPs, that's both a challenge and a significant growth opportunity. This Omdia eBook, commissioned by Cynet, gives you the strategic playbook to navigate the AI era, from emerging threat vectors to new service lines that drive revenue.

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What's Inside

Cybersecurity in the AI Era

AI-enabled adversaries increased attacks by 89% year-over-year in 2025, leaving security teams little time for reactive measures
New threat vectors (like adversarial machine learning and data poisoning) are outpacing traditional security tools and strategies
Identities have become the new perimeter as agents, bots, service accounts, and AI platforms multiply across the IT estate
Seven key AI security challenges are driving the need for broad cybersecurity transformation across detection, response, and data management

A Growth Opportunity for MSPs

64% of IT and security leaders are turning to MSPs to help deploy agentic AI within their SecOps function, marking a major expansion of the MSP role
MSPs can leverage cybersecurity as a growth engine across client adoption, implementation, retention, and service delivery
The explosion of AI is creating new service line opportunities in AI enablement, AI infrastructure management, and AI governance
Selecting a vendor partner optimized for the MSP business model is critical to delivering scalable, effective security solutions

Accelerating MSP Security and AI Readiness

Time to Know: instant, comprehensive visibility across endpoints, identities, cloud, and network activity surfaces what needs attention fast
Time to Act: AI-driven prioritization and guided response empowers MSP teams to move decisively and with confidence
Time to Resolve: automated investigation and remediation reduces manual effort, accelerates closure, and elevates security outcomes
MSP-optimized engagement models with transparent per-endpoint pricing create predictable economics aligned to how MSPs build margin

Why This Report Matters

The AI era is creating urgency across every layer of the security stack, and MSPs are at the center of the response. Whether your clients are asking how to secure their AI infrastructure, how to reduce tool sprawl, or how to stay ahead of faster, smarter adversaries, this eBook gives you the research, frameworks, and strategic guidance to lead those conversations with confidence.

About the Research

This eBook was authored by Dave Gruber, Principal Analyst at Omdia (by Informa TechTarget), and commissioned by Cynet. The research draws on Omdia's February 2026 report, Results Are In: Agentic AI in SecOps Is Exceeding Expectations, based on surveys of IT security decision makers and practitioners across multiple industries and geographies.